Appendix Table II.11 : Advances to the Priority Sectors by Public Sector Banks (As on the last Friday)
| No. of accounts (in lakh)
| | Amount Outstanding (Rs. crore)
| | June | March | March | March | March | | June | March | March | March | March |
| 1969
| 1995@
| 1996@
| 1997@
| 1998@
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| 1969
| 1995@
| 1996@
| 1997@
| 1998@
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| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
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| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
| I. | Agriculture | 1.7 | 213.0 | 208 | 195 | 192 | | 162 | 23,513 | 26,351 | 31,012 | 34,305 | | | | | | | | | (5.4) | (13.9) | (14.3) | (16.3) | (15.7) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | i) | Direct | 1.6 | 207.1 | 203 | 191 | 187 | | 40 | 20,813 | 22,892 | 25,826 | 28,303 | | | | | | | | | | (1.3) | (12.3) | (12.4) | (13.6) | (13.0) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ii) | Indirect | 0.1 | 5.9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | | 122 | 2,700 | 3,459 | 5,186 | 6,002 | | | | | | | | | (4.0) | (1.6) | (1.9) | (2.7) | (2.8) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | II. | Small-scale industries | 0.5 | 32.3 | 33 | 32 | 30 | | 257 | 25,843 | 29,482 | 31,542 | 38,109 | | | | | | | | | (8.5) | (15.3) | (16.0) | (16.6) | (17.5) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | III. | Other priority sector | 0.4 | 116.4 | 115 | 107 | 103 | | 22 | 12,438 | 13,751 | 16,548 | 18,881 | | | advances* | | | | | | | (0.7) | (7.4) | (7.5) | (8.7) | (8.7) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IV. | Total priority sector | | | | | | | | | | | | | | advances | 2.6 | 361.7 | 356 | 334 | 325 | | 441 | 61,794 | 69,609 $ | 79,131 $ | 91,319 $ | | | | | | | | | (14.6) | (36.6) | (37.8) | (41.7) | (41.8) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | V.
| Net Bank Credit
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|
| 3,016
| 1,69,038
| 1,84,391
| 1,89,684
| 2,18,219
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| @ | Data are provisional. | | * | Include small transport operators, self-employed persons, rural artisans, etc | | $ | Inclusive of funds provided to RRBs by their sponsoring banks, eligible for being treated under priority sector advances. | Note: | Figures in brackets represent percentages to net bank credit. |
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